End of an Unfortunate Life…

There had been a few guppy fries which were born with weird body shapes or ailments, and though most of them have been living fine, there are one or two unfortunate ones who could not survive after weeks of struggle:

This unfortunate fry’s body was curved up like a letter ‘C’ since [...]

Natural Attraction

Today I checked the hospital tank on the condition of Vibrant, and although he still has a good appetite, his strength seems to be failing him, as he begins to just stay near the surface of the water, not wanting to waste his strength swimming around.
This might be a physological issue than a physical one, [...]

White spots?

Just when we were glad that our two gouramis are happily together as a pair, we noticed that there were some white spots on the new gourami. To prevent him from passing the virus to the other fishes (especially Nemo since they are of the same species), I quickly set up the hospital tank and [...]

Nemo’s New Mate

I dropped by the fish shop at Vista Point on Wednesday’s (25th July) evening, determined still to find a companion for Nemo, worried she might still get kinda lonely on the long term.
Fortunately, I managed to find a tank full of these orangey-reddish thick-lipped gouramis in the shop. However, they appear to be quite small-sized compared to [...]

Nemo’s Solitary Life

Ever since Fiesty passed away (see Farewell, Fiesty), his mate Nemo has become the lone Gourami in the Main Tank.
Witnessing her mate’s frailing health but not his death, Nemo had been swimming quite franatically around the tank over the weekends, shortly after he died. She appeared to be stressed out realising that her mate was no [...]